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What? Why on Earth would you assume that only white gays feel this way and not any of the minority homosexuals (to include blacks) don't share that opinion?
The reason they draw parallels is pretty obvious and, IMO, pretty accurate.
In both cases the people in question were being denied access to marry who they loved based on an attribute that they, ostensibly, had no control over. Moreover, there was no solid legal basis to deny it to the parties in question, other than majority "didn't like the idea".
You honestly don't see the correlation?
The gays that I know who use the "black card" are white. No black gay person that I know uses the IR/Civil Rights Movement argument in why they want to get married. They simply say "We should be able to marry who we want". Therein lies the difference. Why do white gays feel the need to reference IR/Civil Rights movement?
And, no I don't see the parallel at all. IR marriage did not redefine marriage (between a man and a woman). I see absolutely no correlation between the two.
The gays that I know who use the "black card" are white. No black gay person that I know uses the IR/Civil Rights Movement argument in why they want to get married. They simply say "We should be able to marry who we want". Therein lies the difference. Why do white gays feel the need to reference IR/Civil Rights movement?
And, no I don't see the parallel at all. IR marriage did not redefine marriage (between a man and a woman). I see absolutely no correlation between the two.
What makes the "definition" of marriage so sacred? Why on Earth can or should it not be "redifined"?
Who is in charge of the "definition" of marriage, anyway?
To my knowledge, laws against sex discrimination refer to male vs female discrimination. Other laws apply to sexual orientation, and again to my knowledge, federal laws don't apply, nor do laws in most states.
I'd say DOMA, until it's ruled unconstitutional, is pretty good evidence that ssm isn't Now a 'civil' right. Add to DOMA, court cases that conflict with the 9th circuit and the statement that ssm Is a civil right amounts to hopeful thinking.
But the CA court had already ruled that it was a right in CA. Which is why this current ruling can be argued doesn't apply nationally. The federal equal protection law requires each state to treat its citizen equally. Prop 8 setup an unequal standard in CA.
The gays that I know who use the "black card" are white. No black gay person that I know uses the IR/Civil Rights Movement argument in why they want to get married. They simply say "We should be able to marry who we want". Therein lies the difference. Why do white gays feel the need to reference IR/Civil Rights movement?
And, no I don't see the parallel at all. IR marriage did not redefine marriage (between a man and a woman). I see absolutely no correlation between the two.
You may not know her, but blacks do use the IR/Civil Rights movement argument. Meet Bishop Flunder.
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